What are the responsibilities and job description for the Pharmacy Tech I position at St Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital?
St. Lukes Health–The Vintage Hospital provides high-quality compassionate care for residents of the Willowbrook Champions and Tomball areas of Northwest Houston. With the resources of the St. Luke’s Health system we are able to deliver the most advanced care available to our Northwest Houston community. The Vintage Hospital offers the latest in diagnostic and surgical expertise including heart care women’s health and orthopedics.
Responsibilities
Performs duties to ensure activities and regulatory tasks occur on a timely basis and meets appropriate/required
guidelines; policies and procedures. Maintains and optimizes the automated dispensing systems and temperature
monitoring system. When requested, Assists the pharmacist in the preparation of IV admixtures, filling medication
requests, and maintaining pharmacy inventory.
1. Leadership and advisory role for the pharmacy technician group in areas of work processes and practices, training,
schedules, performance standards, continuing education, competency validation, representation at appropriate
meetings, and other areas as assigned
2. Coordinate the use of the automated drug distribution system for both pharmacy such as database management,
resetting of par and reorder levels, cabinet optimization, coordinating maintenance, service support liaison and other
3. Coordinate the use of the IDS automated dispensing system and temperature monitoring system to assure proper
system operation, alarm monitoring and reporting and other
4. Assist the pharmacist in filling medication orders, prescriptions, and pharmacy stock
5. Accurately prepare medications for the pharmacist to check, when appropriate, including appropriate auxiliary
labels, in a timely manner
6.Assure that a pharmacist’s final check and signature documentation of all products has occurred when appropriate
prior to their delivery
7.Attend promptly to the directives of the pharmacist and supervisory personnel
8.Accurately prepare sterile products in a timely manner, adhering to required aseptic technique at all times
9.Accurately select the appropriate drug product(s) required for the preparation of sterile products and assure that all
necessary components are available for final check by the pharmacist
10. May be Responsible for purchasing activities, assisting other areas within the pharmacy as needed.
Qualifications
*Completion of a pharmacy tech program
*Registered Pharmacy Technician (CPHT) with the Texas State
Board of Pharmacy or pharmacy school student intern card
*Aseptic Technique – Complete an ACPE approved 40 hour
sterile products course as required by location
*Expereince - None required
Salary : $16 - $22
